Name of Vessel:

Ann

Master of Vessel:

Christopher Bradley

Rig of Vessel:

Brig [Brigantine]

Date of Capture:

12 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Egg Harbor, New Jersey

Captor:

HM Armed Sloop Haerlem and HM Brig Tender Stanley

Home Port:

From What Port:

Bermuda

To What Port:

Virginia

Cargo:

Lumber, tar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Hutchins & Co.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

15 June 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 10 June 1777 Captain Andrew Snape Hamond, commanding the British naval forces in the Delaware River, ordered Lieutenant John Knight, commander of HM Armed Sloop Haerlem, to proceed to New York with dispatches for Vice Admiral Richard Lord Howe. Hamond had received news that several American vessels were in Egg Harbor, New Jersey, and directed Knight to raid that harbor if possible. He was ordered to take HM Brig Tender Stanley (Lieutenant Richard Whitworth; Roebuck) and tender Hotham (Hele) with him. Meanwhile, brig or brigantine Ann (Christopher Bradley), owned by Hutchins & Co. had put into Egg Harbor. She was en route from Bermuda to Virginia with a cargo of lumber and tar. Knight and his vessels arrived off Egg Harbor on 12 June. Two vessels were cut out of the harbor, the privateer brigantine Nancy (Montgomery) and the Ann, which were escorted in to New York on 15 June. The High Court of Admiralty records describe Ann as an American merchant vessel.

[NDAR, IX, 158; “The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777; HCA 32/269/2/1-3;  The London Gazette, Saturday, February 6, to Tuesday, February 9, 1779]